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Coverage Results Browser window

In Visual Studio:
ReSharper | Windows | Coverage Results Browser
Control+Alt+K B

In dotCover standalone application:
Control+Alt+K B

This window allows exploring coverage snapshots obtained during an application coverage run or opened from a file. You can browse multiple snapshots in several tabs.

Each snapshot can be presented in two views, which you can toggle with the buttons in the right of the toolbar:

Coverage Tree

In this view, all code items are grouped in a tree structure and you can study the coverage of each code item.

Coverage Tree view in the Coverage Results Browser

In the Coverage column, dotCover uses three colors to display the coverage status:

  • Green — the percentage of covered statements within the node.

  • Red — the percentage of uncovered statements within the node.

  • Grey — the nodes not covered during the test run as they do not have executable code statements.

Hot Spots

In this view, you can quickly see the potential risk areas within the snapshot. To learn more, see Detect Hot Spots.

Hot Spots view in the Coverage Results Browser

Toolbar Controls

ControlNameDescription
Themed icon jet brains dot cover interactive presentation resources coverage tree tool bar coverage tree screen grayCoverage TreeToggles the Coverage Tree view.
Dot cover hot spots iconHot SpotsToggles the Hot Spots view. For more information, see Detect Hot Spots.
Themed icon jet brains dot cover vs presentation resources solution based coverage tree match screen grayMatch coverage results with current project structureIf this button is turned on, dotCover displays only assemblies that are included in the current solution. For more information, see Match Coverage Snapshot with Project Structure.
Select target framework
All Target Frameworks

Filters coverage results based on the selected target framework. This list is shown only if your project targets multiple frameworks.

Highlight codeHighlight code

Toggles highlighting of the code in the editor for the current coverage snapshot. For more information, see Visualize Code Coverage.

Flatten NamespacesFlatten Namespaces

Toggles between flat and tree namespace representation. In the flat mode, all namespaces including child namespaces are shown in a flat list (on the same level).

Themed icon jet brains dot cover interactive presentation resources snapshot management save screen graySave coverage snapshot asSaves the current snapshot to a .dcvr file. For more information, see Save and Open Coverage Snapshot.
Themed icon jet brains dot cover vs presentation resources snapshot management trash screen grayDrop coverage results

Removes the existing coverage results.

Icon exportExport coverage reportsAllows you to export the test coverage report to one of the selected formats: HTML, XML, JSON, and XML for NDepend. For more information, see Export Coverage Results

The context menu in this window includes commands:

  • Exclude selected nodes

  • Exclude all nodes except selected

  • Exclude selected node and create coverage filter

These commands are rather self-explanatory; they allow excluding nodes from coverage snapshot presentation.

Last modified: 08 March 2021